I think it's a great album, however I understand why some people don't like it. It sounds very much like a mix of early Wolves In The Throne Room with Norwegian black metal. Diadem was the closest they ever got to bm standards (except for the demos of course), and simultaneously it sounds frozen enough with an aesthetic somewhat close to that album, yet more similar to EU standards. Definitely a good release, not for the average NWN music fan though._________________Sic transit gloria mundi